Englishasalanguageforinternationalcommunicationisclearly neededbymanylearnerstodeliverthroughandinteractinavarietyof situationthroughthelanguage,asforforeigntravel,businessorother professional reason. In Indonesia,
English is one of international languages which take a widest range of using
(Zaenuri, 2001:24). English is used for newsandinformationoradvertisementinnewspapers,radio,and television.Therefore,Englishisregardedasthefirstforeignlanguagetaught in school, from the Elementary school
to the university.

ThefunctionofteachingEnglishatElementarybasedon Kurikulum Muatan Lokal is as a tool for self-expression in
understanding andusingEnglishsothatthestudentsmaybecomecleverandskilled citizenswhoarenotisolatedfromtheenvironment(Departemen pendidikan dan kebudayaan, 1994:29). Therefore, students are
taught how to speak, read, listen and write in English. In order to achieve
those goals, studentsmustbeabletomasterthevocabularybecauseitisoneofora????